The life of Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949), a life filled with drama, adversity, and triumph, is one of the great stories of the modern era. Despite poverty, childhood ...

Anjelica Huston: AT THE FOOT OF A VOLCANO, JOSE CLEMENTE OROZCO IS BORN IN 1883. HIS FATHER RUNS A PRINT SHOP. HIS MOTHER SINGS AND PLAYS THE PIANO. YOUNG CLEMENTE PLAYS IN THE FAMILY GARDEN ...

See About archive blog posts. The Mexican muralist Jose Clemente Orozco (1883-1949) is the subject of an immense and exhausting survey up now at a downtown Mexico City museum, the Antiguo Colegio ...

José Clemente Orozco’s portrait of Prometheus is the subject of a new exhibition at Pomona College’s art museum. José Clemente Orozco’s portrait of Prometheus is the subject of a new ...

This article is featured in the 2023 Homecoming special issue. Frescoed onto the walls of the lower level of Baker library, José Clemente Orozco’s The Epic of American Civilization is a timeless piece ...

Nonetheless, multiple Mexican art museums clamored to screen Coyle’s 2007 documentary on the celebrated 20th Century muralist José Clemente Orozco, who spent time in San Francisco early in his career.

She knows the work of Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco well. Two of his frescoes — “Man Creator and Rebel” and “The People and Their False Leaders” — adorn the walls and domed ...

But often overlooked is the artist’s time at New York’s Experimental Workshop, founded in 1936 by David Alfaro Siqueiros, who along with Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco made up “los ...

In January 2026, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will debut Frida: The Making of an Icon, featuring over 30 works by Frida Kahlo and more than 120 by artists from the 1970s onward; artists who were ...

On September 7, art historian Mary Coffey and artist Isa Carrillo will reflect on Orozco’s mural “Prometheus” at the Pomona College Museum of Art — and offer palm readings in the process.